Collar-clamp.



J. MCCORMICK, JR.

COLLAR CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13. 19-14.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

JOHN MQCOBMICK, JR.. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR-CLAMP.

Specification of Letters "Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Application filed May 13, 1914. Serial No. 838,221.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN MCCORMICK, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Clamps, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings.

This invention relates to a collar clamp, as a substitute for a collar button, and is more especially designed for securlng the back of a collar to the back of a shirt band, in those instances in which the shirt band is provided with a pocket or double length of material at the back of the band, into which the collar button is usually inserted. I

Hy improved clamp is provided with a main clamping portion adapted to be secured to the collar and a separate securing member is provided for holding the shirt band.

Difliculty has been experienced in obtaining a collar clamp or substitute for a collar button which will permit the collar to lie close against the collar band and which is also capable of being easily adjusted to the collar and to the shirt.

The primary objects of this invention are to provide a clamp which takes up very little room and does not form too great a thickness at the back of the neck, and at the same time is capable of being readily adjusted to the collar and shirt band, without loss of time.

To these ends the invention is shown in one of its preferred forms in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar clamp embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is an edge view; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view partly in transverse section, showlng a clamp in conjunction with a portion of the collar band and a portion of the collar.

Referring to the drawings, the collar clamp comprises a main clamping member adapted to be secured to the collar and a hinged member adapted to hold the shirt band.

In the drawings A represents the shirt band of which E is the pocket portion or double portion heretofore referred to, usually provided with a button hole for the collar button.

O represents the back of a collar in this instance shown as the usual stand-up turnover collar and D indicates the inside web of the back of the collar, the button hole in the back of the collar usually being provided in the portion 1).

The main clamping member of the clamp as shown in deail in Figs. 1 and 2, comprises preferably a piece of metal bent upon itself into U-shaped form and adapted to grip the collar D between the two opposing portions of said U-shaped member. One side E of the U-shaped member is preferably narrower than the opposite side F and as shown in the drawings, the side E is also a little longer than the side F and is curved or rounded at the top, although the particular shape of the side E is not essential. The side F is preferably broader and shorter than the side E and may be hollowed or inwardly curved at the top at G. One member, as the narrower member E, is preferably provided with the points or projections H which may be punched out of the metal and aid in holding the clamp upon the collar. As indicated in Fig. 2, the sides E and F are not exactly parallel, but approach each other at their outer ends, so that the spring action afforded by these sides also aids in holding the clamp upon the collar.

In order to hold the shirt band to the collar and against the clamp, a separate hinged member J is provided, preferably made of wire or narrow material and of substantially the shape shown in Fig. 1. This hinge member J is preferably bow-shaped and is pivotally connected to the main clamping member at the lower portion of said member at each side of the narrower portion E. One convenient mode of hinging or pivotally connecting the member J to the clamp is to provide hinge barrels K on the clamp by rolling portions of the metal into which the bent ends O of the member J are thrust. The outer ends of the rolled hinge barrels are preferably beveled at L to form cams and produce a spring action in forcing the member J toward the clamp. It will also be observed that the axis of the pivots or hinge pintles of the member J is very nearly in line or coincident with the plane of the member E and in the actual construction of the clamp, these planes should substantially coincide. For convenience of illustration, the plane of the member E is shown slightly different from the plane of the hinge pintles "the collar band, also as shown in Fig. 3.

The collar is brought close up against the collar band and the collar clamp maintains the parts in proper position. The hinge member J may, if desired, be thrust through the button hole K provided in the shirt band, which is simply another way of using the clamp.

I claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent the following:

1. A collar clamp as a substitute for a collar button, for securing the back of .a collar to the back of a shirt band, said clamp comprising a member bent upon itself into U-shaped form and adapted to grip the collar between the two opposing portions of said member, one of said portions being longer and narrower than the other portion, and a separate clamping member hinged to the lower portion of said U-shaped member at each side of the narrower portion thereof Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner Washington, D. G. V

and adapted to embrace said narrower por tion for holding the shirt band.

lar button, for securing the back of a collar to theback of a shirt band, said clamp com- 2. A collar clamp as a substitute for a col- 7 prising a piece of metal bent into U-shaped form one side bein narrower than the o b V posite slde, and a separate member made of wire pivotally attached to the lower portion of said U-shaped member at each side of the narrower portion of said U-shaped member.

3. A collar clamp as a substitute for a-collar button, for securing the back of a collar to the back of a shirtband, said clamp comprising a piece of metal bent upon itself into 'U-shaped form and adapted to be secured to JOHN McCORMICK, JR.

Witnesses:

K. G. LEARD, A. C. PARHAM.

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